NEWSFLASH: GF/SO can not understand high cost of aquarium

[trigger0214]

Just curious of how many of have this problem and and how YOU handle it.. :wink:

 

[SPC]

I handled it this way, I was about 44 years old before I felt I could afford the expense of a reef tank and not have to worry about buying the best equipment. Once we were in this position, it was no problem.
Steve

 

[danmhippo]

I handle it this way,

I can understand she doesn't understand, that's perfectly well understandable as I don't understand the obsession of her other hobbies as she understands them. She understand that I don't understand perfectly. We live in harmony that we both doesn't understand each other's hobby, but we understand that.

Being a understanding husband, I moved my tank to my office using office expense...........

 

[suckair]

I simply say to my wife.. But honey, sell the frags for $$$$$ so she lets me keep it.

 

[MitchMc]

Being a understanding husband, I moved my tank to my office using office expense...........

I hope you have a back up system at home just in case anything happens to the tank at work :lol:

I handle it this way,

I can understand she doesn't understand, that's perfectly well understandable as I don't understand the obsession of her other hobbies as she understands them. She understand that I don't understand perfectly. We live in harmony that we both don’t understand each other's hobby, but we understand that.

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Just curious of how many of have this problem and how YOU handle it.. :wink:

No girlfriend just a wife of 20yrs :roll: (time flys)

I made my hobby part of my business :lol: :lol:

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[Anonymous]

Simple...get her as hooked on the hobby as you are! :wink:

My wife just called me downstairs to report her discovery of our pair (now mated pair) of maroon clownfish's first clutch of eggs!




-John

 

[JohnD]

Before 9/11 I used to work a second job. That money was "my" money. Not to get the little lady too upset with me spending "my" money, I would buy things in dribs and drabs. I would never go out and spend big money in one day.

 

[Anonymous]

My wife wanted the tank as a decorator touch to the house. In fact, she was disappointed I didn't go for a 5' instead of a 4'.

Of course, her mental image of the price tag was off by an order of magnitude...

 

[Salvatore]

She bought 75$ worth of panties from Victoria's Secret this week; she has her 'hobbies' and I have mine (although we both really enjoy the tank)

 

[trigger0214]

and the panties :wink:

 

[trigger0214]

I do get to set up a new small reef tank (maybe I can still sell a 75 gallon as small) in the the new house 8) . We are then gonna leave the 125 g for the fish and HER bastard picasso trigger. Works for me.

 

[Sea Serpent]

I, too, had to wait a very long time before I could afford this hobby. Now that my sons are grown and live miles away, I finally have my tank. My sig other has a very expensive hobby, too - he bulds and flies RC Airplanes - At least my corals don't crash . . . knock on wood . . .
We don't comment on each other's expensive hobbies . . .

 

[squeezix]

My wife had forbidden me from getting a tank until I discovered the phrase Nano at the Workplace. Well nobody told me how bad an algae outbreak could look in a nano. So I set on building a larger tank. Like JohnD, I work two jobs so I can have "my" money (yeh right) and I buy in dribs and drabs.